Chapter 14
As we flew into the sky heading for the bottom of the hill where we had parked the RV the ship let out a groan and suddenly Sara and Seth were frantically checking the ships programs.
"What was that?" Alex asked them.
"The airlocks jammed. I need to manually override the system." Seth told her and started to get out of his seat, but I put a hand on his shoulder and pushed him back down.
"You two fly. Just tell me what to do." Seth reluctantly nodded and gave me the instructions. Truthfully I didn't understand half of it, but I just nodded.
"How hard can it be?" I said trying to reassure myself as I made my way through the ship. I made it to the small compartment and slid inside closing the door behind me. I looked around the small space trying to find the small wall panel Seth had mentioned. I finally spotted it on the other side of the room and didn't even take a step before something grabbed me and threw me back. I quickly recovered and looked up to see the Syphon.
"God you just don't give up do you?" I commented and hit him hard in the stomach. The punch sent him barreling into the wall, but he still managed to send a blast my way. I jumped out of the way just as it hit the spot I had been standing in. I guess the small commotion I was causing carried back to the control because the door slide open and Seth appeared (thank goodness)!
"Jess!" He cried. The syphon swung around to strike a blow, but his fist phased through Seth. While he was distracted I ran over and tackled him down to the floor. The syphon tried to throw me off but I grabbed onto the edges of his helmet and held on for dear life. He swung at Seth again but once again it phased right through him. Seth happens to land a good kick in the syphon's gut which sends him…and me across the room. Sometime within that moment I must have lost my grip because I flew off of his back. As I pushed myself up back onto my feet I happened to notice the slightly disfigured helmet that I held in my hand. My eyes widened as I slowly looked up to see the Syphon staring at me with black eyes. His skin was a light pink and seemed to shine lime it was wet. I mean the guy didn't have a mouth…and he hardly had a nose for that matter. It almost looked like he had gills. Frankly, it scared the heck out of me.
"For the record…you're better with a mask on." I commented. His eyes became wide and he stepped towards me menacingly. "Bad move." I thought and threw a punch, catching him straight in the face. He stumbled back and I was able to land a few more good hits before I made a mistake. As Seth got ready to jump onto his back I hesitated and when I tried to land another blow he grabbed my hand and twisted my arm behind my back. I cried out in pain and he kicked my straight in the back sending me flying down towards the power source. I landed hard on a small landing just above the ball of energy and for a second I swear I was about to get sick.
"Jess!" I heard Seth yell. I held onto my aching stomach and lifted my head to see Seth grab the syphons helmet and slam it across the back of his head. He fell down towards me, but recovered quick and caught himself. I forced myself to stand on wobbly legs and held my stomach with one hand. My attempt at loking strong was failing miserably, but if I died I was not going to go down without a fight whether I threw up or not! As he moved towards me I made a quick move and kicked his feet out from under him causing him to lose balance. On the way down he grabbed my hand and his weight dragged me down as well. I managed to get a smirk on my face and with a shrug I let go off him watching as he fell into the power source. It instantly destroyed him and immediately the ship became steady.
"Jess, take my hand!" Seth called down. I reached up and grabbed onto his out stretched hand letting him pull my up to him.
"Well that wasn't so hard." I whispered and he burst out in a fit of laughter. He helped me up to my feet and we made our way back to the others. Jack pulled me into an embrace and I hissed as he hit my sore stomach. He quickly let go flashing me an apologetic smile. I rolled my eyes at him and took a seat on the floor of the ship next to Seth. Looking up at him now with that smile on his face I couldn't help, but think of how much I would miss him.